Yesterday, Vo Truong Hoang Linh and Nguyen The Quynh Nhi, along with some of their teachers from Da Nang’s Duy Tan University, received a warm welcome home at the city’s International Airport from their university’s leaders, colleagues and friends. 

The two students took the 1^st and 2^nd prizes in the basic design category at the 2013 CDIO Academy competition for their project “Cheap Homemade Water Filtration Products for Rural People”.  In addition, they also won the CDIO Academy Cup in the categories for both basic and advanced design projects.

Hoang Linh and Quynh Nhi (Source: ictdanang.vn)

This year’s competition, which had “Innovative Applications of Design and Technology” as its theme, took place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard University in the USA from 9 - 11 June.  There were 31 teams competing at the event from prestigious universities worldwide, including some in Canada, Japan, Russia, China and Singapore.  Each team was required to make a presentation to introduce their projects, and share their experiences during their design and implementation process.  They also had an opportunity to display their works at an exhibition during the 3-day event.

The winners with their teachers and friends at the airport (Source: ictdanang.vn)